tis00349000

Text-inc Id:

tis00349000

Bod-inc Id:

S-125

Headings:

Scriptores Rei Rusticae Scriptores rei rusticae (ed. Philippus Beroaldus, after Georgius Merula and Franciscus Colucia).

Analysis of content:

1. aa1r [Title-page.]
2. aa1v [Merula] Alexandrinus, Georgius: [Letter addressed to] Petrus Priolus. Botfield 145-6.
3. aa1v Beroaldus, Philippus: [Letter addressed to the reader.] Incipit: ‘[D]e agricolatione praecipere apud priscos . . .’ It implies that on the request of the printer, here Dionysius Berthochus (but see S‑124), Beroaldus edited the entire volume. Beroaldus' editorial work is also mentioned in the second colophon.
4. aa2r [Merula Alexandrinus, Georgius]: Enarrationes uocum priscarum [in libris de re rustica]. ‘Ennarrationes breuissimae priscarum uocum'. Incipit: ‘Oletum consitus olea locus . . .’ It includes excerpts from Cato, Varro, and Columella.
5. b1r [Merula] Alexandrinus, Georgius: [Letter addressed to] Bernardus Iustinianus. Botfield 146-8.
6. b2r [List of contents for Cato.]
7. b4r Cato, Marcus [Porcius]: De agri cultura. Edited by Georgius Merula, as stated in his letter to Bernardus Justinianus. ‘De re rustica'. Cato Agr.
8. d7v [List of contents for Varro.]
9. e1r Varro, Marcus Terentius: Res rusticae [addressed to] his wife Fundania. Edited by Georgius Merula, as stated in his letter to Bernardus Justinianus. ‘Rerum rusticarum liber'. Var. R.
10. i8r [Colophon.]
11. k1r [List of contents for Columella.]
12. l1r Columella, Lucius Junius Moderatus: De re rustica. Edited by Georgius Merula, as stated in his letter to Bernardus Justinianus. Col.
13. z2v [Laetus], Julius Pomponius: [Commentary to book XI.] ‘Iulii Pomponii Fortunati interpretatio in carminibus Columellae'. Incipit: ‘[M]emorabiles horti in fabulis . . .’
14. C1v [Colophon.]
15. C2v [List of contents for Palladius.]
16. C3r Palladius, Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus: Opus agriculturae. Edited by Franciscus Colucia, as stated in his letter to Nicolaus Jenson (S‑122). ‘De re rustica'. Pall. Op. Agr.
17. M1v [Beroaldus, Philippus: Editorial note.] Incipit: ‘[H]ic Palladii libellus quamuis non adeo obscurus . . .’
18. M2r Codrus, [Urceus, Antonius: Commentary to book XIV.] Incipit: ‘[A]liud testimonium. Quia precedentes xiii libri sunt testes fidei . . .’ See CTC III 198-9.
19. M5r [Second colophon.]
20. M5v ‘Registrum'.
21. M6r Ugerius Pontremulensis, [Angelus: Verse addressed to] the reader. Incipit: ‘Ocia da fessis tandem studiose camoenis | Aoniique celer numina linque iugi'; 10 elegiac distichs.

Imprint:

Reggio Emilia: Dionysius Bertochus, 18 Sept. 1496. Folio.

Collation:

aa a⁶ b–i⁸ k⁴ l–y⁸ z⁴ &⁶ [con] [rum]⁸ A–K⁶ L⁴ M⁶. Woodcut initials.

References:

Source: Bodleian ISTC: is00349000 HC *14569; Goff S‑349; BMC VII 1090; XII 77; Pr 7259; CIBN S‑177; Hillard 1821; Oates 2705; Rhodes 1601; Sack, Freiburg, 3196; Sheppard 6019. LCN: 14029063

Copies:

1. S-125(1) Copy Leaf M6 backed; leaf x8 bound first of the gathering. Binding: Late eighteenth-century gold-tooled calf, by C. Kalthoeber, with the gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers. Yellow-edged leaves; marbled pastedowns; azure silk bookmark. Size: 319 × 230 × 40 mm. Size of leaf: 300 × 192 mm. ‘3110' and ‘3111' in brown ink in the upper left-hand corner of the verso of the front endleaf. Provenance: George John, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758-1834); sale (1821), lot 279; purchased for £1. 2. 0: see Books Purchased (1821), 12 and the annotated sale catalogue. SHELFMARK: Auct. N 4.18.